tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1132547320196715283.post8290756826980824748..comments2023-04-21T15:19:04.905+08:00Comments on Being Multilingual: First, main, bestMadalena Cruz-Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14782492322928803326noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1132547320196715283.post-739673276573839972013-04-13T01:52:06.204+08:002013-04-13T01:52:06.204+08:00Misquotes and related misconceptions, Annabelle: o...Misquotes and related misconceptions, Annabelle: our daily multi-bread, right? I’m sure you’ve seen this post, <a href="http://beingmultilingual.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-do-we-know.html" rel="nofollow">How do we know?</a><br><br />Please don’t worry about this other <i>mis-</i>, mistimed meetings. There’s so much to discuss and understand about multilingualism that I think any time to start talking about it is a good time!<br> <br />You made my day, letting me know that this blog is relevant to you. That’s exactly what I created it for. Obrigada!<br><br />Madalena Madalena Cruz-Ferreirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782492322928803326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1132547320196715283.post-74131749391629867532013-04-13T00:05:36.452+08:002013-04-13T00:05:36.452+08:00Interesting. I guess some are calculating it by co...Interesting. I guess some are calculating it by counting all these things you mention: TV, home, school, etc. but I don't think it goes to the extent of thinking or even books.<br />The number apparently stems from a misquote from Genesee but it is going round parenting blogs as a scientific truth! <br />P.S. i wish I had 'met' you when I was writing my thesis! Many thanks for your great blog.Annabellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307996916856027630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1132547320196715283.post-90784165959968068252013-04-12T05:28:36.540+08:002013-04-12T05:28:36.540+08:00Annabelle: it’s not so much that I disagree as tha... Annabelle: it’s not so much that I disagree as that I would really, really like to be able to understand what these percentages are all about, in practical, everyday terms. Then I’d be able to agree or disagree with such claims.<br><br />30%, say, of what? Of the total linguistic exposure a child has? How do we count that (home, school, friends, TV, internet, books, magazines, etc., per day, week, etc.), and up to what age? Do we also count the time the child is thinking, for example, and try to guess in which language that is going on? And when/if we find a reliable way to count all this, how do we reckon the “minority” percentage and how do we enforce it, in practical, everyday terms? <br />Plus, as you ask, what about trilinguals, quadrilinguals, pentalinguals, etc., etc.?<br />???<br><br />Really, honestly stumped, here...<br><br />Madalena Madalena Cruz-Ferreirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782492322928803326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1132547320196715283.post-171866052106467802013-04-11T05:38:27.273+08:002013-04-11T05:38:27.273+08:00I guess you would disagree with some who claim tha...I guess you would disagree with some who claim that to be bilingual and acquire the "minority" language, a child should be exposed to it by at least 30%. This is something I have seen printed many times in advice to parents, yet I find it troubling. <br />My daughter, learning 4 languages, stands no chance (mathematically)!Annabellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307996916856027630noreply@blogger.com